June 8th Weight Loss Progress Update (From 330 Pounds To 250.7 Pounds!)

So today was a very different one because I really didn't expect to reach the results that I was given AFTER eating all that I ate today and I can honestly say I think the 2 1/2 hour walk helped quite a bit and I may also be getting closer to losing the side effects from the Antipsychotic medication that I was taking. The one side effect that has been affecting me is weight gain and also food cravings. 

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So the numbers for today were 250.6 pounds and I feel pretty proud of myself for not going back up to 255 pounds for example. This is a huge achievement for me for right now. I have been walking 1-2 hours every single day and without any breaks. I have also been eating 1-2 meals per day usually starting with my first meal around 12PM then my second meal around 4PM or 5PM. 

The above image in this post is the best example I could think of for making just a very small amount of progress that actually means a lot since I have been bouncing back and forth in between 248 pounds and 255 pounds in the past 3-4 weeks. I do take four other medications for high cholesterol, high blood pressure and for treating GERD so it's great to know that these medications aren't really affecting me much in my weight loss journey. 

I would say that I probably quite my medication called Abilify around May 28th or maybe even May 29th and it's been about 8-9 days so far and honestly, right now I still feel like I need to eat something but it's not a really severe kind of food cravings that I'm feeling. I can probably drink this can of Zevia I have here and make it through the rest of the night until I go to bed in about 2 hours. 

I was able to get my aluminum or stainless steel water bottle back from my friend so I won't need to buy plastic water bottles anymore from the store and I may need to clean this bottle out which I do have a special brush for doing that. It's going to get even hotter out where I am pretty soon so I will need lots of water when going on walks. 

The next priority is to always do my grocery shopping after I have finished my walk so that I can keep my backpack nice and light so it doesn't hurt my back as much. Too many times I have decided to do my shopping before going on a long walk and I feel the pain on the way to where ever I am going. It definitely isn't fun having a sore back. 

I have also gone about almost 6 months without getting a back adjustment from a Chiropractor so I'll have to look into making an appointment at some point in the future. In the next few days starting tomorrow I may also try drinking only water and see how long I last. I think tonight I've had 1 beer at 5% and 1 vodka cooler at 7% and I think maybe 2 Zevia drinks which have no calories at all. 

Of course when I weighed myself tonight, it was after I had consumed all that food and drank those drinks and for my weight to still only be at 250.6 pounds, that is clearly just amazing and I think I'm getting back on track again.  I have also been trying to find a good route to walk on and it's been different every single day now which I guess this is a part of the process of trial and error but maybe the walk I went on today was a permanent one, or maybe I'll change it tomorrow we'll see. 

I like to be close to all the amenities and today's route was right in the middle of where I was going so it was convenient. I also like how there are bus stops nearby incase I feel like I'm too tired and just want to take the bus home so that is also pretty nice to have. I usually make sure where ever I am going is on a road that has a bus route or bus stop nearby. 

I forgot to get into what I actually ate today and it was a couple different things. The first meal I had was these frozen breaded chicken cutlettes that have ham and cheese in the center of them. Each one is about 300 calories each so I had that at 12PM and then around 4:30PM or 5PM I had a footlong Steak and Cheese sub at Subway which I think costed a bit too much at $15 but it was not bad. 

I think after a Google search I discovered that this sub I had is only around maybe 750 calories for the whole foot long itself which is pretty good and it was good to know that. Other than that, I'm going to try my best to put up a post on this blog to keep everyone reading in the loop and document myself as much as possible during this weight loss journey.